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Enjoy this episode of Montelena LIVE On-Demand, on your time!
In this episode, join winemaker Matt Crafton, and Montelena LIVE host Brian Baker for a light-hearted half hour as they taste through their newly-released vertical, showcasing the winery’s gracefully-aged Burgundian-style Chardonnays from 2006, through 2011 vintages.
We’ve been carefully storing these vintages, and are now proud
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2015 Field Notes
From the journal of Vineyard Manager Dave Vella
January: Thank goodness for the reservoir-filling storms of December! January rainfall was paltry and the weather was unseasonably mild.
February: Rainfall was a bit over five inches, but the temperatures were warmer than January. 12 days of highs in the 70s and one day reaching 80 degrees. Toward the
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...For Dungeness crabs! Tomorrow morning, for the third year running, George will make the trek south to Half Moon Bay to pick up a rather large order of live (delicious) Dungeness crabs from our friends aboard The Cricket. A few weeks back, he took orders from the Montelena Team and we've been anxiously awaiting and pondering how to
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BY JUDY BARRETT Most of us don’t automatically put “pork” and “cabernet” together when we think of food and wine pairings, but in the hands of a talented and creative chef, the combination can be magic.
At a recent Montelena dinner at Table 6 in Denver, Chef Carrie Shores partnered our ’06 and ’09
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My friend and I visited while it was down pouring outside. They were very busy but still managed to help everyone enjoy tastings. We had the pleasure of having Sean do our tasting he was wonderful and very knowledgeable in the wines and history of the the Chateau. I was very impressed. This place is beautiful even on a rainy...